Literary Devices Quiz

Time, place, and physical characteristics of where a story takes place.

• Allusion

• Setting

• Antagonist

• Character

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

Assigning human qualities to an animal, object, or idea.

• Personification

• Protagonist

• Satire

• Setting

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

Force or character working against the main character.

• External Conflict

• Character

• Antagonist

• Dialogue

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

Contrast between what is expected to happen and what actually exists or happens.

• Irony

• Internal Conflict

• Metaphor

• Mood

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

Expresses the writer’s attitude toward his or her subject.

• Setting

• Simile

• Theme

• Tone

Tags

CCSS.L.3.3A

CCSS.L.4.3A

CCSS.L.5.3A

CCSS.L.6.3A

CCSS.L.6.3B

Person, animal, or creature in a literary work.

• Allusion

• Analogy

• Character

• Characterization

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

Main character which may be a hero or heroine with whom the audience tends to identify.

• Personification

• Protagonist

• Satire

• Setting

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

Comparison of two unlike things, using like or as.

• Foreshadowing

• Imagery

• Simile

• Irony

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

Hints to the reader as to what may happen later in the text.

• Exposition

• Conflict

• Imagery

• Foreshadow

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

Descriptive language appealing to the senses.

• Imagery

• Simile

• Setting

• Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4